In this issue

June 23, 2022

Talks to end rail dispute break down in acrimony

Rancour and recriminations as rail strike talks collapse

3 mins

Widower wins court battle to create baby with last embryo

A 38-year-old widower has won a landmark legal case giving him the right to have a baby with a surrogate using the last remaining embryo created with his late wife.

2 mins

'It was emotional this morning': Glastonbury welcomes crowds again after three-year interval

The Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis said she was overcome with emotion yesterday as she welcomed 200,000 people to the world's biggest greenfield festival for the first time in three years.

3 mins

Hundreds killed in powerful earthquake in Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake in a remote area of Afghanistan's Paktika province has killed at least 1,000 people and injured at least 1,500, with the death toll expected to rise.

2 mins

Picket lines Starmer sticks to demand for apology from frontbenchers

Labour frontbenchers who defied Keir Starmer to appear on picket lines have been encouraged to issue public apologies or risk disciplinary action, despite some shadow cabinet members urging the Labour leader to drop the issue.

2 mins

Education Teaching union issues strike threat amid row over salaries

Schools in England say they face a crisis over retention and recruitment without a significant pay increase, as the country's biggest teaching union warns of strike action this autumn without an "inflation-plus" deal.

2 mins

'The world's gone mad': Kate Bush on her new chart topper

Kate Bush has discussed the resurgent success of her 1985 song Running Up That Hill in her first interview since the song's return to the charts, saying that it had been "very special". Speaking to Emma Barnett on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, she described it as "just extraordinary".

2 mins

UK's largest butterfly at risk as fungal pathogens kill rare plants

Britain's largest butterfly may be at risk from fungal pathogens that have caused a drastic dieback of the rare plant on which its caterpillars feed.

1 min

S Club 7 star reveals she used to be addicted to fruit machines

Jo O'Meara, a former member of the 90s pop group S Club 7, has revealed how she became addicted to gambling on fruit machines as a "form of escape" from the pressures of touring, before realising she had to quit because it made her "antisocial".

1 min

Women can be vikings too, as Up Helly Aa festival drops ban

Shetland's largest Up Helly Aa, or Viking fire festival, has lifted a longstanding ban on women and girls taking part after repeatedly resisting demands for reform.

2 mins

British bill of rights 'will undermine freedom of expression'

Free speech campaigners have condemned the UK government's boast that the planned British bill of rights will boost freedom of expression, claiming that it will actually undermine it.

1 min

Prince And Johnson To Meet For 'Catch-Up' At Summit In Rwanda

Boris Johnson will have a potentially awkward meeting with the Prince of Wales in Rwanda after the heir to the throne criticised the government's policy of sending asylum seekers to the east African state.

2 mins

'A link to the past and to the future': memorial to the heroic Windrush pioneers unveiled

Members of the Windrush generation have been "moved to tears" by a new national monument that pays tribute to their ambition, courage and contribution to Britain, the artist behind the sculpture has said.

3 mins

'Is it for me?' Hackney gets a monument to the role of black Britons

A new public sculpture commemorating the Windrush generation was unveiled in east London, yesterday morning - a and greeted by smiles.

1 min

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